Paint-package.



J. W. HASBURG.

PAINT PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21, 1914.

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Application filed April 21, 1914.

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Be it known that I, JOHN lV. Hasnune, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paint-Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in paint packages.

One of the general objects of my invention is to provide a paint package for containing paint, of a plastic nature, such as vitreous gold paintfor ceramic decoration.

A more specific object of my invention is to provide paint package receptacle, similar to that disclosed in my Patent No. 1,029,926 dated June 18th, 1912, with the exception that in the present structure the palette, upon which the paint is deposited, is inseparably fixed in the box in which it is contained by a retainer fixed to the box by frictional engagement therewith or otherwise, so that the transparent cover, immediately overlying the palette, must be cut away and taken out of the box before the palette, upon which the paint is de posited, becomes accessible or may be removed, and furthermore the edge of the glass plate does not make actual contact with the sides of the metallic box, as in my former structure, there being provided, in the present case, an intervening cushion between the edge of the glass and the metal container, to protect the former from con tact with the latter. When the edges of the glass palette are permitted to contact with the metal walls of the container, or inclosing box, small pieces of glass will be broken away or chipped off of the palette, and these particles, as small as they may be, will ultimately find their way to the upper side of the palette and into the body of the paint, thus depreciating its quality and otherwise injuring the product.

()ther and further objects of my invention will become readily apparent to persons skilled in the art from a consideration of the following description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the package, with the top removed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse se tion taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the top in place; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the various parts, superposed, one upon the other, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914:.

Serial No. 833,417.

in their proper relative positions as they are assembled in the completed package.

In all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicate similar parts.

My package is especially designed to contain vitreous gold paint, of a plastic nature, such as used by artists for ceramic and other similar decorative work. It is highly valuable, intrinsically, and therefore must be carefully preserved and protected so as to maintain it in its original state, free from deleterious influences of the atmosphere, dust and gases.

in my present invention, the paint 5 is deposited upon a glass or other vitreous palette 6. On account of the plastic nature of the paint it will stick to the palette and retain substantially its original shape or configuration. It may be mixed on and used from the palette after the latter has been taken from the box, without loss or contamination. The palette 6, with a deposit of paint 5, is placed in the bottom of the box 7. The box is preferably made of sheet metal, such as sheet tin, or the like, and the interior thereof is preferably coated with a coloring varnish, or the like, resembling gold, thereby affording a backing for the dark brown paint deposit, visible through the palette and cover thereof, giving a warm, golden glow to the interior of the package, which produces a very artistic and pleasing effect. This feature, however, is covered by a former patent and is not the subject matter of any of the claims herein.

The cover 8 is made, preferably, of a sheet of transparent celluloid and is outwardly deflected into a dome-shaped portion 9, at its middle Zone, to overlie the paint deposit so as not to make contact therewith. It is flat around the marginal edges of the raised dome part, as at 10, for intimate contact with the upper outlying surface of the palette. The edges are downwardly flanged, as at 11. The part 11 is bent at an angle, somewhat less than 90 degrees from the horizontal portion 10, to provide an elastic cushion to protect the edges of the palette from contact with the metal surface of the box. Projecting beyond the deflected portion 11 is a flange 11 for close contact with the upper surface of the bottom of the containing box. To hold the cover 8 in place I provide a retainer 13, which consists of a rectangular frame, substantially the same shape 'as the box 7 having a flat inturned flange 14 and a vertical part 15. The flange, or vertical wall 15, is intended to and adapted for making frictional contact with the inner surface of the vertical walls of the box 7, and when it is forced into the box, after the palette has first been placed therein and the cover 7 placed over the palette, the inturned flange 14L will rest firmly upon the out-turned flange 11 of the cover and hold the latter in close contact with the upper surface of the bottom of the box. The parts 11, of the cover 8, are oblique to the vertical edges of the palette and are contained between said edges and the inner edges of the flanges 1% and serve as an elastic cushion to hold the palette in its position and to prevent the edges thereof from making contact with the metal portions of the box, thereby preventing the edges from being chipped off to the detriment of the quality of the paint deposit.

The retainer 15 is intended to remain in the box 7 after it has been placed in position at the time of assembling the parts for the package and may be soldered to the vertical wall of the box 7 or otherwise fixed thereto or its frictional contact therewith may be sufiicient to maintain it in fixed position without fear of displacement.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the closure 12 in place on the box, as the package will appear when it is ready for the market. When the closure, or cover 12, is removed the character of the paint may be observed through the transparent covering 8 without the necessity of taking the latter from the box, but the paint cannot be used without destroying the package and therefore unauthorized interference with the contents of the package cannot be effected, without substantially destroying the package. To remove the palette 6, and the cover 8 from the box, it is necessary to cut the cover between the upper edge of the palette and the edge of the flange 14, with a pen knife, or other suitable instrument, to remove the cover 8 so that the palette 6 and the paint 5 be taken from the box.

The vertical side edges of the box is strengthened by the three ply of metal consisting of the down turned flange of the cover 12; the upper projecting flange of the box 7 and the vertical portion 15 of the retainer, so that the surrounding side walls of the box are thus reinforced to protect the contents against damage or injury during transit.

Having thus fully described my invention, what i claim is 1. A package of the class described comprising a box; a glass palette for deposit of paint thereon within said box; a transparent cover, overlying said palette and having a flat marginal edge in a plane with the lower surface of the palette; and a retainer overlying said edge, to hold the cover and palette in place, said cover being downwardly and outwardly flared from the upper surface of the palette to the plane of the lower surface of the palette to form a protecting cushion between the edge of said palette and said retalner.

2. A package of the class described com prising a box; a palette of glass for deposit of paint thereon within said box; a transparent cover, having a raised dome overlying saidpaint and having its edges clownturned over the edge of the palette to protect said palette from contact with said box, and having a flat marginal edge and a retainer overlying said marginal edge and fixed to the box to hold the palette and cover therein. 1

8. A package of the class described, comprising a box; a palette of glass for deposit of paint thereon within said box; a transparent cover having a raised dome overlying said paint and having its edges downturned over the edges of the palette, to protect said palette from contact with said box and out-turned for contactwith the bottom of the box and a retainer fixed to the box bearing only on the out-turned portion of the cover to hold the palette and cover in said box.

l. In a package of the class described, the combination of a box, comprising a bottom, side walls and a detachable top; a palette, of glass adapted to receive a deposit of paint, positioned within said box on the bottom surface thereof with its edges spaced away from the side walls of the box; a transpar: ent palette cover, having a raised dome overlying said paint and having its marginal portions downwardly and outwardly flared from the plane of the upper surface of the palette to the plane of the bottom surface of the palette; and a retainer fixed to the side walls of the box and engaging the edges of the palette cover to hold the same in close contact with the bottom of the box and thereby position the edges of the palette away from the side walls of the box, said downwardly and outwardly flaring marginal portions of the palette cover forming a resilient cushion between the edges of the palette and the side walls of the box.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Fonn'n BAIN, Many Y. ALLEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. G. 

